Participatory Biblical Exegesis: A Theology of Biblical Interpretation
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| Rating | : | 4.67 (747 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B071WMCXCC |
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| Number of Pages | : | 503 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-12-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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In Participatory Biblical Exegesis, Matthew Levering examines the changing views of history that distinguish patristic and medieval biblical exegesis from modern historical-critical exegesis. Thomas Aquinas and his sources but embraces historical-critical research as well. The interpretation of scripture has depended largely on the view of history held by theologians and exegetes. The book is published by University of Notre Dame Press.. He identifies a split between theological and historical interpretations of scripture beginning in the High Middle Ages, considerably earlier than the emergence of historical-critical methods in the 17th and 18th centuries. Instead, he offers a vision of scripture that is rooted in the exegetical practice of St. Levering argues for a delicate interpretive balance in which history is understood both as a process that participates in God's creative and redemptive presence and as a set of linear moments. Participatory Biblical Exegesis provides an original theological basis for critical exegesis. It integrates the work of contemporary exegetes, philosophers, theologians, and historians to provide a compelling vision of biblical interpretation
"Linear and Participatory History in the Literal Sense" according to Vir desideriorum. I. For some years now a number of biblical scholars and theologians have been calling for a reappraisal of the state of Biblical exegesis, and this is the project to which Matthew Levering makes an important contribution. Levering conceives of a process of biblical exegesis founded on a commitment to reading sacred history as a "metaphysical and Christologi. "* An Eye Opening Criticism of the Limitations of Historical-Critical Method *" according to Bradley R. Cochran. Levering's proposal in Participatory Biblical Exegesis poignantly addresses what R.W.L. Moberly calls "a curious situation" in Christian biblical exegesis (2). Modern Christian biblical interpretation has heavily relied on historical-critical methods that tend to preclude interpretations that invoke the most important divine and spiritual realities to which